DOCUMENT RESUBE BD 197 626 PL 012 111 : AUTHOR Moag, Rodney P. e TITLE Malayalam: A University Course and Reference Grammar. INSTITOTION Michigan Oniv., Ann Arbor. Center for south and Southeast Asian Studies. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, D.C. PUB DAT? 80 GRANT 6607901697 NOTE 639p. LANGUAGE English: Halayalea EDBS PRICE MFO3 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Cultural Awareness: Dialogs (Language); *Dravidian Languages: *Grammar: *Walayalaa: Pattern Drills (language): Postsecondary Education: *Reading Skills: Second Language Learning: Textbooks: Unconmonly Taught Languages: “Vocabulary Skills; writing Bxercises ABSTRACT These materials consist of 25 lessons covering all the structures commonly encomntered in written falayalan. Each lesson contains the following elements: (1) a vocabulary list, ordered according to the sequence of cccurrence in the lesson's text: (2) a reading practice exercise designed to train the student to recognize visual patterns: (3) the text in which six or seven points of graamar or usage are exemplified: (%) reading comprehension exercises that drav together much of the new vocabulary and grammar points of the lesson: and (5) exercises designed to provide practice in forming appropriate responses to stimuli in Malayalam. Sone lessons contain an exercise on a point of pronunciation or a written exercise. The dialogues and other exercises contain situational and cultural information. (ANH) JB EERO ISRO IIR OITA IIE IAA A ASI AOE AI I ADIT IIIA. ‘* —- Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * fron the original document. * AS ESI SIERO III IIIa I IIR IRI II TEI I ASAI I RADI DE II I OPTI APTI AAMALAYALAM: A UNIVERSITY COURSE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR by Rodney F, Moag £D197626 assisted by Thomas Joseph and others Produced through funds allocated under Title VI of the National Defense Education Act, U.S. Department of Education Grant No. 9007501697 Published in Preliminary Form by - The Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies / - University of Michigan October 1980 Reproduced in limited edition through funds contained in the Title VI grant, and presented with the compli- ments of the major author, and of the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Comments on this draft version are earnestly invited. MENTOR HEALTH: “PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS oo URTERIAL. IN MICROFICHE ONLY ‘TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: DEC 1 2 1980 2 SoswesatnensACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I should like to hereby express my gratitude to all those who have helped bring this book to reality. Firstly, thanks are due to Mrs. Julia Petrov of the U.S. Department of Education who not only gave the benefit of her long experience in the plan- ning stage, but maintained an interest in the project throughout. Jim Randolph of the University's Division of Research, Develop- ment and Administration furnished practical tips on the prepar- ation of the proposal and handled some of the administrative Paperwork. connected with the eventual grant. Prof. Tom Trautman and Prof. L.A. Peter Gosling, co-directors of the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, were most helpful in their moral support and in providing an administrative home for the project. Once funding for the proposal was granted, Gregory Vick of the U.s. Department of Education saw to the adminstra- tive details of the grant at the Washington end. The day-to- day administration of the project, including budget management, was handled by the principal investigator, but i received as- sistance in minor administrative matters from the office staff of the Center and of the Linguistics Department. In the preparation of the text itself, Rema Nair aided in the drafting of the first nine lessons, attesting the Malayalam sentences, and writing the Malayalam script. The texts for some of these first.lessons were based in part on earlier unpublished lessons which the author had developed at the University of Missouri with the assistance of S. Velayudhan Asari. Beginning with Lesson Ten, Thomas Joseph stepped in to take an increasingly important role in the work. He was able to com- pose dialogues ard written texts which were natural and still met the strict grammatical requirements of limited vocabulary and grammatical coverage which I imposed. All of the translation exercises, the response exercises, and the grammatical drills for the earlier lessons represent the original wdrk of the author, but all the grammar exercises for later lessons are the work of Thomas Joseph. He also revised and retranscribed the lengthy section on The Malayalam Writing System. Beyond all this, Joseph (who goes by Satish) often provided some curry, or some upma Slong with South Indian coffee to reste e the author's flagging energies at midday. Perhaps most important of all, he brought just the right combination of serious dedication and good- humored companionship to make the long hours of labor pass quickly and fruitfully. Dr. John Vilanilam, who teaches Malayalam and currently serves as president of Kala, the Malayali cultural association in the Philadelphia area, carefully went through all of the Malayalam portions of the lessons, sending detailed and help- ful comments which led to the revisions included in the present version. Prof. James Lindholm of the University of Chicago,